Lucky I wasn't there...I would have dressed in a loin cloth and painted my cat up like Zabu...funny for 5 minutes, mentally scaring for an eternity...

Just got the Marvel Team-Up: Ka-Zar/HULK vs. Modok! This was an especially sad issue...I never liked reading HULK, being while I usually like to leave a comic with a feeling of "wow that was awesome!," I always leave HULK with a "jeeze, I feel so bad for him..."

Speaking as a comicbookical colourist, more people should be buying comics. Everyone who loves comics should pick out a comic that they know a friend will like and force that friend to read that comics. So, hopefully that friend will start reading comics. Our industry isn't in it's best shape. We need more readers. Buy a couple Archie digests and give them to your neighbors kids.

What do I read? Can I say everything? No? I din't think so. Okay, here is a really glossed over list of what I buy each month:

I buy almost everything that DC puts out. This includes all their imprints -- DC, Vertigo, Wildstorm, Homage, America's Best Comics. Not everything, but at least 60% of their publications I buy. The books I must read immdediately following returning from the comicshop: Green Lantern, Green Arrow, (WHY DID THEY HAVE TO CANCEL DEADMAN?!?), Hellblazer, Hawkman, JSA et ceterma. You can be assured that I get the standards as well -- Batman, Superman, etc.

Marvel. Not everything, but a goodly amount. My favorite thing they printed in the last couple of years was Blaze of Glory. Occasionally, I'll pick up a Spider-Man book.

i agree with Struble...everyone go get people to read comics! i WOULD read just about everything that is out there, but i have had to completely avoid some titles (like JSA, for instance) because i KNOW it's good, and i KNOW i'll end up buying it, and i can't afford to get it...heck, i had to drop the Tick at one point, because it was the most expensive comic i got, it was was drop that, or TWO of the others...i thought i was gonna cry...

as far as Struble working in the field, and gonzo meeting the Kuberts...that's so cool! the closest i ever got to anyone who did comics for a living was when i used to chat with this guy named Bill Nichols, who used to work for Knight Press as an inker. i still have a script he was working on that never got printed...somewhere. he was a cool guy, but his girlfriend wouldn't let him play with us anymore...something about "quality time" and all that...

I've found that a very nice thing about being a comic fan is that most of the writers and artists are very accessible. In Philadelphia, I was able to talk to all three Kuberts, Mark Waid, Jeph Loeb, Judd Winnick, Joe Quesdada, Kevin Smith...the list goes on and on. I am very excited to go to October's convention in Baltimore because CHRIS CLAREMONT will be there!